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[Opinions] Re: Emilius & Vile
in reply to a message by Ninor
Taking into consideration the meaning, pronunciation and origine of Vile, it still get a hard 'no' from me. This is solely bc of the English meaning. I think you could only get away with it as a nn for Vilhelm maybe, bc then he could be Vilhelm in English speaking settings. Maybe changing the spelling to Ville would have worked if that didn't bother me bc of the French meaning. I never heard of Vile in the way you're seeing the name. I doubt many people would, so that would just leave the English word. If I encountered it I'd assume he was Nordic, mainly bc Vilhelm is and I would think it was related to Vilhelm in some way. I'm not a fan of Emilius. To me it sounds like an Roman Emperor name. With a surname starting with an N it would definitely be a better choice than Emilian. I don't really like Emil either, otherwise I'd suggest that. Emilio might be tricky to pull off if you're Swedish, but would eliminate your problems with Emilian as well.
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Changing the spelling to Ville wouldn't work as that's pronounced differently, it's also the most common nickname for both Vilhelm and William so I think people would just assume that Vile was a typo or something. And I'd rather name him Eggbert than Emilio. I don't like to use the "WT" stamp on names, but I don't have any other words for Emilio. It's used in Sweden though and wouldn't be weird, I just absolutely hate the name.
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